radoucissement
French, noun/ʁa.du.sis.mɑ̃/
radoucissement is spelled R-A-D-O-U-C-I-S-S-E-M-E-N-T (14 letters) and appears about once in every 50 million words in written French, the 223,977th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Radoucissement is a French masculine noun meaning “softening (decrease in harshness)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de radoucir ou état de ce qui est plus doux”.
What does radoucissement mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesoftening (decrease in harshness)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Action de radoucir ou état de ce qui est plus doux. 2. Diminution de la violence du froid, par rapport à l’air. 3. Abaissement du niveau de la violence.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of radoucissement
- radoucissements plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce radoucissement?
- /ʁa.du.sis.mɑ̃/
- \ʁa.du.sis.mɑ̃\
- [ʁa.du.ɬ͡siɬ͡s.mɑ̃]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is radoucissement in French?
radoucissement appears about once in every 50 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).